Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, successfully vacuum hardened one of the largest aluminum extrusion liners ever produced by Lake Park Tool and Machine located in Youngstown Ohio. The 10 bar vacuum furnace was completed by Solar Manufacturing and is one of the fastest cooling large vacuum furnaces in the industry.
Continue readingNitrex supplies Alugen Aluminum with nitriding system
Nitrex Metal Inc., Montreal, has supplied the Turkish aluminum extrusion company, Alugen Aluminium, with a high-performance compact nitriding/nitrocarburizing system allowing the company to bring all manufacturing operations in-house for more optimal work planning and quality control. Founded in 2012, Alugen is a dynamic company and the only business of its kind in Turkey operating in a free trade zone, with customers in various European countries.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing ships Mentor furnace to Virginia tool and die heat treating company
Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., recently shipped a Mentor vacuum furnace to Virginia, for a customer servicing the tool and die industry.
Continue readingSeco Warwick provides two heat treatment systems to machine tool manufacturer
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has received orders for a CaseMaster Evolution multi-chamber vacuum furnace with oil quench, and a Vector 15-Bar high-pressure gas quench vacuum furnace, from a machine tool manufacturer.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: M50 bearing steels
M50 is a secondary-hardening alloy typically tempered multiple times to achieve high hardness and dimensional stability.
Continue readingOne-Minute Mentor: Special Purpose Through-Hardening Bearing Steels
Through-hardening bearing steels from the ASTM A295 and A485 families that are given a typical heat treatment, operate well up to the 120–135 °C (250–275 °F) service range.
Continue readingQuaker Chemical and Houghton International combine to form new industrial fluids company
Quaker Chemical Corp., Conshohocken, Pa., and Houghton International, Valley Forge, Pa., have combined to create Quaker Houghton, a global leader in industrial process fluids to the primary metals and metalworking markets.
Continue readingSeco vacuum temper furnace designed for tempering and stress relieving cutting tools
Seco Vacuum Technologies, Meadville, Pa., announces that a global manufacturer of cutting tools has purchased an additional vacuum temper furnace for its North American manufacturing operations.
Continue readingNitrex installs nitrocarburizing system for treating aluminum profiles and extrusions
Nitrex Metal, St. Laurent, Canada, announces that it has delivered and installed a Nitrex nitrocarburizing system for a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on a greenfield site in northwestern Romania for the Swiss corporation Alu Menziken Extrusion AG, a manufacturer of aluminum profiles and complex extrusion press products.
Continue readingSolar installs 100-ton vacuum hot press heat treating system with gas fan quench cooling
Solar Manufacturing Inc., Souderton, Pa., announces that it has completed the installation and startup of a large 100-ton-force vacuum hot press that is capable of treating a 4000-pound part for Refrac Systems’ commercial and aerospace diffusion-bonding operation in Chandler, Arizona.
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